ECS HDC-I Motherboard Review
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There is no way to analyze the performance of the ECS HDC-I motherboard alone. Since the AMD E-350 CPU comes soldered on the motherboard, we have to analyze the whole system.
We concluded that the ECS HDC-I motherboard is a great choice for multimedia and entertainment PCs, as well as for Home Theater PCs (HTPCs). It brings a powerful (of course, considering its cost and power consumption) CPU for general web surfing, multimedia watching and entertainment purposes. It may not have the brute force processing power of mainstream CPUs just because of its low clock of 1.6 GHz, around half the clock found on most mainstream processors.
This little board is also full of useful and updated technologies, like the USB 3.0 ports and the Bluetooth interface, as well as the SATA-600 ports and the included Wi-Fi card, which helps the product to have a still better cost/performance ratio.
So, if you are looking for a motherboard/CPU to build an inexpensive, quiet and low-consumption small form factor (SFF) computer or for an HTPC, the ECS HDC-I is a great choice, thus receiving our Silver Award.